Sway updated with Power BI support, recent Office document access, more

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Published onFebruary 19, 2016

published onFebruary 19, 2016

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Microsoft’s Sway application hasrecently seen a funneling of updatesto its software. Today the Office team announces the latest batch ofupdates to be addedas part of a monthly update cycle that implements ideas fromUserVoicedirectly into Sway. Let’s the a look at the latest additions.

When working inside of Sways users now have the ability to embed or import, their most recent Office documents. By tappingInsertand selectingOneDrive,users will be presented with aRecenttab where all their most recent documents are saved.

Users can now embed visual and interactive analytic reports using Power BI dynamic dashboards, straight into their business-related Sways.

A popular request from teachers now lets all users embed live polls from www.polleverywhere.com into Sways, with live poll results inside their presentations.

Sway now supports Embed.ly and oEmbed codes, allowing users to easily embed Sways on websites or blogs. Simply copying the Sway URL and pasting into blog sites, such as WordPress, will embed your sway with proper formatting.

Users of Sway have always had the ability to edit text in Preview mode, this latest update adds the full set of text editing tools, from the Sway Storyline, into the Preview mode.

When putting emphasis on certain words, users now have to ability to emphasize an entire text card within their Sway, with new visual styling to help the words stand out more.

Users now can adjust their entire Sways text size, without changing adjustments made to individual text cards. In theDesigntab, users can selectCustomizeand use sliders to adjustText size.

Alongside bug and performances fixes for this latest update, Microsoft is also focused on new updates for the Windows 10 version of Sway. Available soon, this update will add the online features like Recycle Bin, full-text editing and full-screen improvements to Sway for Windows 10 PCs and tablets.

These newest updates are available today on Sway.com. How are these latest updates improving your Sway experience? Let us know in the comments.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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